Act

Election of Members of the House of Representatives (First Amendment) Act, 2083 BS

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Type
Act
Year
२०८३ BS
Status
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What does it do?

  • This short Act amends the House of Representatives Members Election Act, 2074 by replacing its Schedule 1, which sets the inclusion shares that parties' closed lists of proportional-representation candidates must follow (linked to Sections 28(5) and 60(6) of that Act).यो छोटो ऐनले प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन ऐन, २०७४ को अनुसूची–१ (दफा २८(५) र दफा ६०(६) सँग सम्बन्धित, उम्मेदवारको बन्दसूचीका लागि समावेशी आधार) को सट्टा नयाँ अनुसूची–१ राखेको छ। Nepal Gazette (Nepal Rajpatra), Department of Printing, Government of Nepal — scanned gazette issue Preamble, PDF p. 1; Sections 1–2, PDF p. 2; Schedule 1 heading, PDF p. 3
  • The new shares for the closed list are: Dalit 13.44%, Adivasi Janajati 28.72%, Khas Arya 30.28%, Madhesi 16.15%, Tharu 6.52% and Muslim 4.89%.बन्दसूचीका लागि नयाँ समावेशी आधार यसप्रकार छ: दलित १३.४४ प्रतिशत, आदिवासी जनजाति २८.७२ प्रतिशत, खस आर्य ३०.२८ प्रतिशत, मधेसी १६.१५ प्रतिशत, थारू ६.५२ प्रतिशत र मुस्लिम ४.८९ प्रतिशत। Nepal Gazette (Nepal Rajpatra), Department of Printing, Government of Nepal — scanned gazette issue Section 2, new Schedule 1, PDF p. 3
  • The Act repeals the House of Representatives Members Election (First Amendment) Ordinance, 2082 and treats actions taken under that ordinance as taken under this Act.यस ऐनले प्रतिनिधि सभा सदस्य निर्वाचन (पहिलो संशोधन) अध्यादेश, २०८२ खारेज गरी सोबमोजिम भएका काम यसै ऐनबमोजिम भएको मानेको छ। Nepal Gazette (Nepal Rajpatra), Department of Printing, Government of Nepal — scanned gazette issue Section 3, PDF p. 3

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